District 8 City Councilman Manny Pelaez last week told the San Antonio Report that he would have voted in favor of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict had one been debated. The statement from Pelaez, a potential 2025 mayoral candidate, comes after he took action earlier this month to scrap a scheduled […]
City-owned utility CPS Energy is further bolstering its renewable portfolio with the addition of a new 150-megawatt (MW) solar project. The nation’s largest municipally owned electric and natural gas utility has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with Genesis Consolidated Industries Holdings for a solar project dubbed Exodus 1, officials said Monday. With 551 […]
South Texas and other drought-ravaged portions of the state are heading into the new year with dangerously low water supplies thanks to two consecutive summers of punishing heat, Inside Climate News reports. Large reservoirs on the Lower Rio Grande dropped from 33% to 23% of their capacity during the past 12 months, according to the […]
The Texas Department of Public Safety on Saturday pulled the body of an unidentified man from the Rio Grande near the Eagle Pass public park at the center of a standoff between state and federal officials. State troopers in a tactical boat recovered the body from shallow water south of Shelby Park, according to a tweet from DPS […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton tapped his campaign funds to pay $2.3 million on legal fees related to his impeachment trial over the last six months, according to a new campaign finance report.
Classes will resume Monday at all San Antonio Independent School District campuses after widespread heating system failures during last week’s freezing weather prompted the temporarily closure of all 98 of its schools. In a news release issued Saturday, SAISD officials said the district deployed up to 50 technicians per day for repairs. In addition to […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Naomi Shihab Nye is the Texas Observer’s poetry editor emeritus.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Money is flowing in from both allies and enemies of Texas House Republicans that could fuel a brutal primary season, campaign finance reports filed this week show.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A special grand jury first convened Friday in Uvalde will investigate law enforcement’s delayed response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting to determine whether criminal charges can be filed against officers, the Uvalde Leader-News […]
Nothing Bundt Cakes has opened a store at Southeast San Antonio’s Brooks complex, bringing its number of Alamo City locations to seven. The Dallas-based chain’s new shop, 3166 SE Military Dr., #B105, has been operating in a soft-opening capacity and will celebrate its grand opening with a full week of giveaways, starting Monday, Jan. 22. From […]